When antisemitism wears a suit, she names it anyway.
Some women fight antisemitism with protest signs. Others fight it with facts. This week’s Esther, Aviva Klompas, does both with something rare: moral clarity and a calm voice.
Aviva is a Jewish educator, writer, and former speechwriter for Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations. She is also the kind of person who understands how narratives move, how language gets weaponized, and how quickly a lie can become “common knowledge” if nobody confronts it.
In a recent conversation on the Western Spirit podcast, she described what many Jewish Americans felt in the hours and days after October 7, 2023. The horror was not only what happened in Israel. It was what snapped open here.
“There was this terrifying realization… it could have been us.”
She explains why. The terrorists did not ask their victims how they voted, what they believed, or where they lived.
“They didn’t care about your nationality… they didn’t care if you backed a two-state solution… none of that mattered. What mattered was the fact that you had a connection to Israel.”
Then she drew a line that should sober every believer who cares about truth.
“Here in the United States… having a connection to Israel, which is intrinsic to our Jewish identity, is enough to cost you your way of life.”
And she points to how fast it escalated.
“How long did it take… before we saw mobs marching through the streets… How long did it take before people were running out to tear down posters of hostages, people who would never dare tear down the poster of a missing pet, but saw no problem tearing down posters of babies and grandparents?”
That is not politics. That is moral sickness.
Aviva’s work focuses on something most people still do not understand: the modern version of antisemitism often does not look like a swastika. It looks like a slogan. It looks like academic language. It looks like “justice,” until you realize the target is always the Jews.
She explains that people understand obvious hatred. What they miss is the hatred that hides behind respectable words.
“People get that a swastika is antisemitism… what they don’t get is when it’s cloaked and masked in political language.”
This is where Aviva becomes especially valuable to Christian women who want to stand with Israel wisely. She is not asking people to react emotionally. She is teaching them to recognize patterns.
She describes “weaponized language,” words borrowed from human rights discourse and used to demonize Israel. Terms like “genocide” and “apartheid” get repeated until they feel true, even when they are not used accurately.
“Those words have been appropriated and weaponized to demonize Israel and vilify Jews.”
Then she makes a point that should matter to every one of us who has ever wondered why campus antisemitism seems to erupt in waves.
“There is a very clear relationship between that weaponized language and antisemitism.”
She also addresses the most basic problem behind the chaos: people are repeating words they do not even understand.
“Only one-third of Americans will say they know what the word Zionism means.”
And then she explains what fills the vacuum when knowledge is missing. Propaganda fills it. Bad actors fill it. Foreign influence fills it. A false definition of Zionism fills it.
“They are believing the rhetoric… that Zionism is white Jewish supremacy. People are believing that.”
This is the heartbeat of her Esther-like courage. She is willing to say publicly what is uncomfortable but true. Antisemitism is no longer confined to the fringes.
“We’ve really seen the mainstreaming and normalization of antisemitism in America.”
She also speaks from firsthand experience about the UN’s bias toward Israel and the abnormal standard applied to the Jewish state.
“It’s not a double standard, it’s a triple standard… this third impossible, unrealistic standard applied only to the state of Israel.”
If you have ever wondered why Israel is continually singled out while dictatorships are excused, she explains it simply.
“Democracies are in a minority position at the UN… dictatorships abuse the democratic norms of the United Nations in order to beat up on the democracies, and in particular it’s happening to Israel.”
What makes Aviva especially important for this moment is that she does not just diagnose the problem. She talks about solutions that involve relationships, education, and credibility.
She says something that every pro-Israel voice needs to hear right now.
“A zinger of a social media post is not going to convince anybody of anything.”
Instead, she argues for rebuilding real relationships and using credible messengers. People who can carry truth into communities that would never listen to a Jewish advocate explaining Jewish pain.
And yet she also recognizes what social media can do in the meantime. It can give courage to people who feel alone.
“A lot of Jewish people are feeling very scared and very alone… it gives language to other Jewish people… and it makes them realize that they’re not alone.”
That is part of why we are honoring her as Esther of the Week. Esther stood in the gap for her people, using wisdom, timing, and courage. Aviva is doing that now, in the public square, when the Jewish people are being isolated, caricatured, and targeted.
“And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”
Esther 4:14, NIV
Aviva’s “royal position” is not a palace. It is the place where public understanding is formed: the language, the data, the education, and the moral clarity that refuses to let lies become normal.
Your step of faith
Pray for Jewish students and families facing rising antisemitism.
Speak with clarity when someone repeats a slogan they cannot define.
Give to Christian Women For Israel as we defend truth, Israel, Judeo-Christian values, and Jewish life.
Today’s Prayer
Lord, thank You for Aviva Klompas and for women who speak truth with courage and wisdom. Strengthen her voice and protect the Jewish people everywhere, especially on campuses and in public life. Help us stand with Israel in love, clarity, and conviction. Teach us to be faithful friends to Your people. Amen.
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